> This looks to be a good source:
>
> http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/pages/library/published.html>
> it has links to JAMA articles detailing the risks of individual
> organisms.
>
> I sent John an offlist note noting that I think the risk from
> Yersinia Pestis (plague) is higher than that of smallpox.
>
> One could base this entirely on the fact that producing large
> numbers of bacteria is much easier (all you need is a fermentation
> vat) than producing large numbers of virus particles that seem
> to require animal or fowl hosts to manufacture the virus.
>
> For low tech, I'd say its Anthrax, Yersinia or perhaps Tularemia
> which is one of the most infectious bacteria known.
>
> Robert
>
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